Amblovenatum opulentum(Kaulf.) J.P.Roux

jeweled maiden fern

WFO wfo-0001041817 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Amblovenatum opulentum, photographed by Nasser Halaweh
fig. a Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-01-02 / obs. 60068781
Amblovenatum opulentum, photographed by Don Loarie
fig. b Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58878533
Amblovenatum opulentum, photographed by nick_goldwater
fig. c nick_goldwater, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50099787
Amblovenatum opulentum, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. d Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176859762
Amblovenatum opulentum, photographed by Trevor Harding
fig. e Trevor Harding, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142636072
Amblovenatum opulentum, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. f Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108767541
Amblovenatum opulentum, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. g Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176859753
Amblovenatum opulentum, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. h Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179049611

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Amblovenatum opulentum is native: Chagos Archipelago, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania, Hainan, Andaman Is., Borneo, Christmas I., India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Queensland, Caroline Is., Marianas, Marquesas, Niue, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Puerto Rico KenyaMadagascarMozambiqueTanzaniaHainanBorneoIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamQueenslandPuerto Rico Chagos ArchipelagoSeychellesAndaman Is.Christmas I.Nicobar Is.Caroline Is.MarianasMarquesasNiueTongaTubuai Is.
Native distribution of Amblovenatum opulentum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
Christmas I. XMS
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Chagos Archipelago CGS AFRICA
Kenya KEN
Madagascar MDG
Mozambique MOZ
Seychelles SEY
Tanzania TAN
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Marianas MRN
Marquesas MRQ
Niue NUE
Tonga TON
Tubuai Is. TUB
Hainan CHH ASIA-TEMPERATE
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA
Puerto Rico PUE SOUTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 46 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Amphineuron opulentum (Kaulf.) Holttum
  • Aspidium conionevron (Fée) Mett.
  • Aspidium extensum Blume
  • Aspidium hookeri Baker
  • Aspidium malaccense Fée
  • Aspidium multijugum Wall.
  • Aspidium nephrodioides Hook.
  • Aspidium opulentum Kaulf.
  • Aspidium pteroides var. terminans F.M.Bailey
  • Aspidium wakefieldii (Baker) Hieron.
  • Cyclosorus extensus (Blume) Ching
  • Cyclosorus extensus (Blume) H.Itô
  • Cyclosorus impressus (Desv.) Alston
  • Cyclosorus incertus (Domin ex C.Chr.) Ching
  • Cyclosorus opulentus (Kaulf.) Panigrahi
  • Cyclosorus opulentus (Kaulf.) Mazumdar & R.Mukhop.
  • Cyclosorus opulentus (Kaulf.) Nakaike
  • Cyclosorus sulfureus (E.Brown) Copel.
  • Cyclosorus wakefieldii (Baker) Ching
  • Dryopteris extensa (Blume) Kuntze
  • Dryopteris impressa (Desv.) Posth.
  • Dryopteris incerta Domin ex C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris nephrodioides (Hook.) Kuntze
  • Dryopteris nephrodioides var. glandulosa C.Chr. & Rosenst.

and 22 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol THOP2. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.